A pair of Israeli strikes in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis early Thursday killed five people, hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from airstrikes in the Palestinian territory over a roughly 12-hour period to 33.
The renewed escalation came after Israel said that its soldiers had come under fire in Khan Younis on Wednesday. Israel said that no soldiers were killed and that the military responded with strikes.
Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during a North Carolina immigration crackdown centered around Charlotte, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.
The operation that began over the weekend is the latest phase of Republican President Donald Trump’s aggressive mass deportation efforts that have sent the military and immigration agents into Democratic-run cities — from Chicago to Los Angeles.
The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. As reports emerged of the proposal, blindsided European diplomats insisted they and Ukraine must be consulted.
The plan calls for major concessions from Ukraine, including granting Russia some of the major demands it has made repeatedly since it launched a full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.
Sabrina Thompson can be reached at thom4836@stthomas.edu.
